What is Community Rehabilitation?
A specialised rehabilitation program for individuals who have recently experienced a change in their health. The team work with people and their support networks to optimise what they can do at home and in the community. Community Rehabilitation is a goal orientated and time limited rehabilitation program, working with patients in the:
- home
- community
- Rehabilitation Centre (Albury and Wodonga Hospital)
- via telehealth
The Rehabilitation program may involve individual treatment sessions with your therapist and/or group sessions.
We can help you with
- Mobility, balance and strength
- Improving your capacity in home, work and leisure activities
- Communication and swallowing
- Falls prevention
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Lymphoedema management
- Family and carer support
- Access to community services
- Memory, concentration and problem-solving skills
- Nutrition
- Health education
- Accessing support services
Our team includes:
- Allied Health Assistant
- Dietitian
- Exercise Physiologist
- Nurse
- Occupational Therapist
- Physiotherapist
- Speech Pathologist
- Social Worker
Is there a cost?
There is no cost for attending
Community Rehabilition - download PDF 2023
AWH Referral form - download word.doc